Predicting the past in the ancient Near East : mantic historiography in ancient Mesopotamia, Judah, and the Mediterranean world / Matthew Neujahr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neujahr, Matthew.

Series:

Brown Judaic studies ; no. 354.

Brown Judaic studies ; no. 354

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--History of contemporary events.

Bible.

Prophecy in literature.

Assyro-Babylonian literature--Relation to the Old Testament.

Assyro-Babylonian literature.

Assyro-Babylonian literature--History and criticism.

Middle East--Civilization--To 622.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

xv, 300 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Providence, R.I. : Brown Judaic Studies, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work provides an in-depth investigation of after-the-fact predictions in ancient Near Eastern texts from roughly 1200 B.C.E. 70 C.E. It argues that the Akkadian, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek works discussed are all part of a developing scribal discourse of mantic historiography by which scribes blend their local traditions of history writing and predictive texts to produce a new mode of historiographic expression. This in turn calls into question the use and usefulness of traditional literary categories such as apocalypse to analyze such works."

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. The Akkadian Ex Eventu Compositions: Texts, Notes, and Discussion

3. The Genre Problem: Ancient Contexts and Modern Categories

4. Daniel and 1 Enoch: Ex Eventu Prediction in the Early Historical Apocalypses

5. Ex Eventu Prediction in the Dead Sea Scrolls

6. Ex Eventu Prediction in Greek Dress: The Case of the Sibylline Oracles

7. Literary Tropes and Analytical Categories: Mantic Historiography in the Ancient Near East

Bibliography

Index of Passages

Index of Authors

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-282) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-930675-81-X

OCLC:

922968048